542 - Erasmus Roterodamus, Desiderius. *Quatuor Chiliades Adagiorum cum Sesquicenturia*, by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus. This edition contains more accurate readings of passages from many Greek and Latin authors than other editions, and also features a much more comprehensive index. Henry Stephan’s annotations on Erasmus’s explanations of certain adagia. With a woodcut printer’s mark on the title page. Geneva, Oliva Roberti Stephani, 1558. 32 leaves, 1,126 lines. Contemporary blind-embossed pigskin binding with roller stamps, monogrammed S W H, dated 1559 (somewhat stained, partially scuffed).

Erasmus Roterodamus, Desiderius. *Quatuor Chiliades Adagiorum cum Sesquicenturia*, by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus. This edition contains more accurate readings of passages from many Greek and Latin authors than other editions, and also features a much more comprehensive index. Henry Stephan’s annotations on Erasmus’s explanations of certain adagia. With a woodcut printer’s mark on the title page. Geneva, Oliva Roberti Stephani, 1558. 32 leaves, 1,126 lines. Contemporary blind-embossed pigskin binding with roller stamps, monogrammed S W H, dated 1559 (somewhat stained, partially scuffed). Adams E-456 - Bezzel 91 - Haeghen, Erasmus I, 5. - This edition of Erasmus’s most successful work was the last significant printing by Robert Estienne (1503–1559). - Cover embossing with 2 roller stamps: Salvator – David 1545 – Paulus HR – Johannes HR (Haebler I, 368, 1a); Luther – Melanchthon – Erasmus – Hus (Haebler I, 511, 9). - Provenance: Erdmann Wilhelm Ferber (1719–1793), superintendent in Weißensee, Saxony (see DBA 314, 29), with his ownership inscription on the title page, dated 1785. - Page edges slightly browned or with foxing spots. *